Cash and credit account cabinet.



No. 739,630. PATENTBD SEPT. 22. 1903.

G. YORGBR.

CASH AND CREDIT ACCOUNT CABINET.

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UNITED STATES latented September 22, 1903 PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES 'YO'RGER, 0F INDIANAPOLTS, INDIANA.

CASH AND CREDIT ACCOUNT CABINET.

:BPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,630, datedSeptember 22, 1903.

Application filed July 25, 1902. Serial No. 116,905. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES YORGER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana,have invented new and useful Cash and Credit Account Cabinets; and I- dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thecharacters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improved apparatus for the use of merchants,especially retail dealers, in recording sales, both cash and credit, andfor takin care temporarily of the cash received, the invention havingreference more particularly to cash-registers or equivalent deviceswhereby the cash sales may be immediately indicated and also privatelyrecorded, so as to be summed up periodically or when desired, andembracing a money-drawer and an alarm-bell.

The invention has reference also to improvements in the devices forkeeping permanent records of the cash and credit sales.

The objectof the invention is to provide simple, cheap, and economicalcash-registers and credit-account records combined in compact convenientforms.

With the above-mentioned object in view my invention consists in aregister-board having the money denominations indicated permanentlythereon, indicators by which the various denominations may be referredto and read intelligently, and means for operating the indicators whencash sales are made, the invention consisting also in a shutter for theregister-board and indicators and in the novel parts and the combinationand arrangement of parts, as hereinafter particularlydescribed, andpointed out in the claims appended.

Referring to drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the completeinvention as when ready to be operated; Fig. 2, a fragmentary plan viewof the shutter for the registerboard, showing a portion of a recordleafthereon; Fig. 3, a perspective View of the frame for supporting theshutter and also billing-leaves; Fig. 4, a fragmentary plan view of thekeyboard of the cash-register and the keys thereon; Fig. 5, a verticalsectional view in a plane at the front of the register-board and showingthe front plan thereof and the drawers in cross-seeti0ng Fig. 6, afragmentary sectional view taken in a vertical plane nearlycorresponding to the plane of the register-board and showing details ofparts immediately below the board; Fig. 7, a vertical longitudinalsectional View, or in a plane at right angles to the plane of theregister board, showing various parts of the mechanism in sideelevations; Fig. 8, a

side view of the gong and its hammer and operating-spring; Fig. 9, afragmentary view similar to that of Fig. 7, but in a different plane,and showing parts of the mechanism more clearly than in the otherfigure; Fig. 10, a horizontal sectional View approximately in a plane atthe bottom of the register-board, the keyboard and the billing-leavesbeing omitted; Fig. 11, a fragmentary horizontal sectional View similarto that of Fig. 10, but in a lower plane, showing the drawer-latchingmechanism and the rear ends of the 0perating-levers; Fig. 12, afragmentary rear elevation view with the casing omitted, showing theoperating mechanism; Fig. 13, a fragmentary sectional view and showingthe rear of one of the tellers for indicating the amounts of theseparate cash sales; Fig. 14, a fragmentary sectional view taken inavertical plane at right angles to that of Fig. 13, showing the meanswhich directly control the tellers; Fig. 15, a fragmentary top plan viewof the parts shown in Fig. 14; Fig. 16, a fragmentary sectional view ina vertical plane at right angles to the plane of the register-board,showing the lower portion thereof and also parts situated below theboard; Fig. 17, a fragmentary front elevation of the register-board,showing the manner in which the money denominations are arrangedthereon; Fig. 18, a fragmentary transverse vertical sectional viewlooking forwardly, showing the locking bar for the key-levers and alsothe lock for the bar; Fig. 19, a fragmentary perspective view showingthe operative portions of the pushbar of the cash-drawer and the partswith which it operates; Fig. 20, a fragmentary longitudinal verticalsectional view showing the push-bar and devices with which it opcratesin side elevation; Fig. 21, a fragmentary top plan View showing areversing spring for one of the levers operated by the push-bar; Fig.22, a top plan view of a latch for the removable frame of thebilling-leaves, and Fig. 23 a fragmentary perspective view showing theguides for the teller-stems.

Similar reference characters in the several figures of the drawingsindicate corresponding parts.

In practically carrying out my invention I provide a suitable frame andeasing as parts of the cabinet,which may be variously formed in detailand also be more or less ornamented, according to fancy. A relativelylow front portion A is covered by the keyboard 13, above which project asuitable leaf-rest a and the operating-keys b b, the latter beingguarded by means of the rest a. In the front are suitable openings intowhich are fitted the cash drawer O and also a drawer D at one side ofthe drawer O, the function of which will be described hereinafter.Besides suitable sides the frame and case includes a rear lower frameportion A, a hinged lid A a rear casing Aivertically disposechahd a roofpart A, preferably slanting, part or all of which may be composed ofglass.

A suitable number of billing-leaves E are mounted at the rear of thekeyboard 011 an inclined frame, so th t the hinge rods cl thereof lie inan inclined plane, being supported by longitudinally-channeled tops 9 ofa suitable frame, each rod having a paperclip 6 attached thereto forholding the paper bill-forms upon the leaves. Each leaf is provided withone or more balance springs h, coiled about the rod (1 and having onearm thereof seated in the channeled top and the other arm extendingagainst the under side of the leaf, the springs h holding the leaves invertical positions when soplaced, but permitting the leaves to liehorizontally. The rear or upper leaf E is designed to act as a shutterfor the register-board. The hingeframe is removable and has a suitablelatch i. In some cases when a cash-register only may be desired thebillingleaves E and the inclined hinge frame may be dispensed with, inwhich case the shutter E is retained and may be hinged in a lower planethan that indicated. The inner or upper sides of the leaves havesuitable printed blank forms f, secured by the clips 6. The free edgesof the leaves E are provided with guards j to prevent the bodies of theleaves from rubbing together when in use, and the indexletters is arestamped into the surfaces of the guards. lowered and in use upon therest a.

The body of the hinge-frame may be 0011- structed in any suitablemanner, so that the ends having the channeled tops are connectedtogether. Suitable guides may be provided I for resisting the tendencyof the balancesprings and leaves to tilt the frame, it being preferablethat the frame slide horizontally to and from its position in the case.The

latch 'i may not be necessary, but if used The leaves are supported whenmay be a bar pivoted to the body of the frame and extending forwardlybeyond the forward hinge-rod (l, the extremity of the bar having arecess 35 to admit a stud 36, secured to a portion of the case when thebar is moved radially against the stud. In Fig. 22 the part 37 indicatesthe movable frame, and 38 a portion of the case, the bar being shown indotted lines engaging the stud.

The register-board F is vertical and faces forwardly at the rear of thekeyboard and its shutterE and isprovided with vertical grooves in theface thereof, as guides G G, for the indicators. A glass plate I lextends over the front of theboard,partiallyformingthe guides, and aglass plate l-I extends upwardly from the rear part of the board to thelid A. The top of the boardF is inclined forwardly.

The indicators I comprise a sufiicient number of balls of uniformdiameters, preferably composed of hard metal, to exactly fill all theguides G and to provide one additional ball for each guide employed. Aconvenient dimension may be one-fourth of an inch, and the face of theboard is marked with figures in horizontal lines one-fourth of an inchapart, or to correspond to the diameters of the balls, so that each ballmay be represented, when in a guide, by a number indicating somedenomination of money- The balls are supported in the guides upon abaseJ, extending below the board F and removed therefrom a distance equal tothe diameter of a ball. The base J is provided with a suitable number ofopenings Z ina different plane than that of the guides, preferably atthe rear of the guides, and an inclined trough K, having anoutletopening 18, extends beneath the openings Z.-

The plurality of openings Z may, however, be connected so as to formalong slot, if desired.

Upon the base J a plurality of gates L are mounted so as to slidehorizontally immediately beneath the board F, a gate for each guide andcolumn of balls and having a vertical diameter equal to the diameter ofa ball. Each. gate is normally held in closed position against asuitable stop by a suitable springm, preferably secured to the back ofthe board Eand extending into a recess 28 in the rear upper portion ofthe gate. A rocking barM extends across the rear ends'of the gatesnormally in contact therewith or having operative connection therewithand so held by means of a suitable springn. The arl'nsNof pivoted leversare connected to the gates Ii, one to each gate, for operating them inopposition to the springs. Each gate has an opening 1; therethroughadapted to receive a'ball of the indicators, and when the gates areclosed they each contain a ball.

It will now be seen that when the gates are closed the openings p are inalinement with the guides, and if a gate be moved rearwardly the ball inthe opening 19 will be drawn over an openingZ in the base and drop intothe trough 7c, and the guide-groove will be closed at the same time, thecolumn of indicator-balls being portion of the gate.

momentarily supported up on the imperforate Upon return of the gate toits normal position the lower ball of the column will descend into theopening of the gate, the whole column of balls descending a distanceequal to the diameter of a ball.

A plurality of key-levers O are mounted in a plane below the keyboard,their rear ends being connected to the frame part A by means of apivot-rod s,suitably supported, the levers extending forwardly intoguide-slots t in the front portion A. The levers O are connected bymeans of links r to arms N of the levers having the arms N, which havesupportingpivots q. The keys I) b have stems extending through openingsin the keyboard to the levers 0, upon which the stems rest and to whichthey may be attached. The arms N have elongated curved fingers Nreaching above other devices, and are designed to operate the tellers ordevices for indicating the amounts of the separate cash sales, as willhereinafter appear. A locking'bar P is mounted slidingly beneath thelevers (),near the free ends thereof, so that the levers, when locked,rest upon the bar, the bar having recesses 19, into which the levers maydescend when the bar is moved endwise, so that the recesses are in rangeof the levers. The bar has a knob 20 for operating it, and a suitablelock it may be provided for locking the bar against movement.

At the upper rear part of the board F are supporting and guide members oand w, formed either separately or in one piece and supportedhorizontally, in which are mounted the stems Q, having fingers a: attheir lower ends, of the tellers y, the latter resting upon the top ofthe member w and the stems projecting somewhat below the member o.Springs R are secured to the member to and press against the sides ofthe stems Q, and thus frictionally hold the stems in their guides whenthe tellers are elevated. A treadle is pivoted to a beam 1 and comprisesa bar S, extending horizontally across the rear of the stems Q below themember 2;, and the pivoted connecting arms S. Suitable guides and stops,as described hereinafter, are provided, against which the fingerszroperate. A beam 2 pivotally supports arms T, which are c011- nected bylinks 8 to the fingers N one end of each of the arms T having a flat endextending beneath a finger at, there being as many arms T as there aretellers. is connected to an arm S and extends nearly to the bottom ofthe cabinet. A suitable spring 5 normally holds the bar S in its mostelevated position, the link at being designed to draw down the bar S atproper times for withdrawing the tellers from view.

The guides and stops hereinbei'ore referred to may be variouslyprovided. In Fig. 23 guides are shown comprising vertical bars 39,secured to the member 7) and depending there from, so that the fingers00 extend between the bars, an (1 thus prevent rotative movements A link4.

of the teller-stems Q. As stops to the upward movements of the stems thefingers may engage the bar S and the latter engage the member 1), or thedevices may be so designed that the fingers may engage the member '0.

A rocking lever having arms U and U is supported at the bottom of thecabinet by a pivot 6, and the arm U is connected to the link 4:, the armU being engaged by the end of a slightly-elastic push-bar V, attached tothe back 0 of the cash-drawer when the latter is being closed, the bar Valso coacting with a throwoff member WV. Springs 7 are suitably mountedso as to be pressed by the drawer O to push the latter open whenreleased from its latch X, which is suitably supported by a pivotbetween its ends. The bar V has a finger 8, adapted to ride upon theinclined end 10 of the member 1V, and a finger 9, adapted to pushagainst the side of the arm U until raised above the latter by means ofthe finger 8. A lever Y is supported at one end by a pivot 11 at thefront A and is connected by a link 12 to the latch X, the free end ofthe lever being connected bya link 13 to the arm 15 of a lever havingalso an arm 14, suitably supported pivotally, the arm 14 being connectedby means of a connectingrod 16 with the rocking bar M. H

A bell or gong 17 is suitably supported upon which to sound alarms whenregisteringthe sales. A connecting-rod 21 is attached to they bar M andalso to a swinging arm 22, carrying a pivoted tripper 23, pressed by aspring 24. A bell-striker 25 is pivoted conveniently and has a stop 26,against which the striker is pressed by a spring 27, one free end of thestriker being in range of the tripper 23, while the other free end maystrike the bell when operated.

In some cases a spring 29 may be employed in connection with the arm Uto assist the spring 5 at the lower end of the train of connections. Thedrawer I) should be provided with a look.

In Fig. 5 only a few of the register numbers 30 are shown on the board Fas illustrations of their arrangement. On a larger scale they are shownin Fig. 17. Thedifferent denomis nations may be variously arranged,provided,

of course, that they agree with the arrange ment of the keys and thetellers. As a 0011- venient arrangement, the first column at the rightof the board and the right-hand key are employed for registering allpurchases of one cent each; the next to the left, all purchases of twocents each; the next to the left, three-. cent purchases, and so on,advancing in the amounts with each succeeding column, as will beunderstood. The first column alongside.

of the right-hand indicator column of balls is numbered, consecutively,from 1 at the top to the bottom of the boardas, for instance, to -18andso is one other column, as for the indicators in the vguide G and key I)at the extreme left-hand side, for registering f no sale there being anumber horizontally levers to be operated.

opposite every ball or space that may be 60- toward the left representdollars.

In order to have a convenient record at hand of the gross daily cashsales, the inner or upper side of the shutter E is provided with blankforms, which have thereon the names of the months 31, the word Receipts,as at 32, the numerical days of the month, as at 33, and amount-columns34. Various other forms may also be employed, thus dispensing entirelywith account-books.

In practical use the keys are to be pressed down, as is well understood,when a cash sale is to be registered or the cash-drawer is to be openedfor any purpose, the locking-bar P having first been properly set topermit the \Vhen a sale is made, for instance, amounting to three cents,the teller y, as in Fig. 17, will so indicate, and the lower ball in thethree-cent guide will be dropped into the trough K, in which it willroll to the opening 18 and drop into the drawer I). The lower ballhaving been removed and the gate L closed, the whole column of ballswill descend, leaving a space vacant at the top of the register-column,as in Fig. 17. In summing up the sales the numbers at the blank spacesimmediately above the register-balls only are to be read and taken intoaccount.

An understanding of the operation of the mechanism may be had bydescribing what follows the action of any one of the keys. The key beingdepressed, the forward end of the lever will descend, drawing down thearm N and rocking the arm N, which opens the gate L, the finger Nactuating the arm T, which throws up the proper teller to view above theboard F. Simultaneously the rocking bar M is actuated by the gate andmotion given to the rod 16, the lever-arms 14 and 15, the link 13, thelever Y, the link 12, and the latch X, releasing the cash-drawer O,which is forced open by the springs 7. Release of pressure on the keywill permit the various parts mentioned except the drawer and the tellerto resume their normal positions, the teller being retain ed by thespring R. It will be understood that the spring a will cause thedrawer-latch to be again set, so as to automatically engage the drawerwhen again closed. While the first movement of the bar M takes place therod 21 actuates the tripper 23, which trips the striker 25, causing analarm by the bell17. In this movement the tripper23 passes by thestriker end, and on the return movement of the bar M the tripper beinghinged is dragged across In closing the drawer the end of the striker.

the finger 9 will push against the arm U, which by means of the arm Uand link at will actuate the treadle-bar S, which will draw down theteller, which being done the linger 8 will cause the finger 9 to riseabove the arm U, and the top of the arm, forced by the spring 29, willreturn under the finger f). It will be understood that when the key ispushed down a register-ball will disappear from the column, and when thekey ascends, closing the gate, the column of balls will descend. Theregisters may also be operated while the cash-drawer remains open; butthe tellers will not disappear until the drawer is closed.

It will be understood that the shutter E covers the register-board andprevents the curious from noting the amount of gross sales. WVhen it isdesired to sum up the days gross cash sales, the shutter may be drawndown over the keyboard and the amounts indicated on the register-boardread and set down on the receipts-blank attached to the shutter. Inreading the amounts the numbers in the different denominations are to befirst added together, of course, before entering the total amount on theblank.

The credit sales may be entered on the blanks properly provided upon thebillingleaves E, all in the same cabinet with the cashregister, theconvenience of which will be apparent. The billing-leaves as independentfeatures are well known and need no further description. At the close ofbusiness-hours the billing-leaves and the shutter maybe removed from thecase and placed in a safe for the night.

It will be understood that at anytime after having summed up the cashsales as indicated on the register board the drawer D may be unlockedand the balls transferred therefrom to the indicator-guides Gr G, all ofwhich will be filled from the upper ends thereof.

It will be understood that while the indicators are here composed ofballs or globes they may be formed in various patterns, so that they maybe operated in vertical columns and attain the same results as by theuse of the balls in substantially the same manner, and theregister-board may be slightly inclined, if preferred.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. Acash-register including a registerboard, ball-indicators, guides for theindicators,key-levers, an apertured base supporting the ball-indicators, gates mounted slidingly on the base and controlling theindicators, a movable bar attached to arms pivoted at their ends andnormally extending across the rear ends of the gates, gateleversconnected to the gates adjacently to the bar, a drawer, a latch for thedrawer, links connected to the gate-levers and also to the key-levers, aspring arms pivotally supported at their ends and en-- gaging the gates,a spring pressing the movable bar toward the gates, gate-leversconnected to the gates, a drawer, a latch for the a drawer, linksconnected to the gate-levers and also to the key-levers, and operativedevices connected to the movable bar and also to the latch.

3. A cash and credit account cabinet including a register-board,indicators cooperating with the register-board, key-levers, meansconnected with the key-levers for operating the indicators, acash-drawer, a drawer-latch, means connected with the key-levers wherebythe latch may be operated, tellers, means for operating the tellers, abell, means for operating the bell, a shutter pivoted at the lowerportion thereof at the front of the registerboard and the indicators,and a balancespring for the shutter.

4. A cash-register including a case, guides at the front of the case,key-levers pivoted at the back of the case and cooperating with theguides, operating-keys, a register-board,

indicators, indicator-guide gates controlling the indicators, pivotedgate-levers, links connected to the gate-levers and also to thekeylevers, a latch-lever pivoted at the front of the case and extendin gto the back part thereof, a drawer, alatch for the drawer connected tothe latch-lever, a rocking bar in the path of movement of the gates, andmeans operatively connected with the rocking bar and also with thelatch-lever.

5. A cash register including a registerboard, indicators,indicator-guides, key-levers, means connected with the key-levers foroperating the indicators, a cash-drawer having a push-bar attachedthereto having a pair of fingers, a lever operated by one of thefingers, alink connected to the lever, a spring pressing the lever, athrow-off device in the path of the other one of the fingers of thepush-bar, tellers, connecting devices connected to the lever andcooperating with the tellers, a latch for the drawer, and means foroperating the latch. 6. A cash register including a registerboard,indicators, guides for the indicators, operating-keys, key-levers, gatescontrolling the indicators, tellers for the register-board, arms havingfingers adapted to engage the teller-stems, levers connected with thegates and also with the arms, and links connected to the levers and alsoto the key-levers.

7. A cash-register comprising a registerboard, indicators, guides forthe indicators, operating-keys, key-levers, gates controlling theindicators, tellers for the register-board, means connected with the keylevers whereby the gates and the tellers may be operated simultaneously,a shutter at the front of the bar attached thereto having a pair offingers, a lever operated by one of the fingers, a link connected to thelever, a treadle connected to the link and adapted to withdraw thetellers, a throw-off device in the path of the other one of the fingersof the push-bar, and a latch for the drawer.

8. A cash-register comprising a registerboard, ball-indicators, guidesfor the indicators, a shutter at the front of the registerboard,accounts of cash receipts upon the inner side of the shutter, gatescontrolling the indicators, a base for the gates and adapted to permitthe balls of the indicators to pass therethrough from the gates, atrough for the balls, a drawer for the balls, operatingkeys,key-levers,tellers, means connected with the key-levers and the gates and also withthe tellers whereby the gates and the tellers may be operated, a rockingb'ar connected with the gates, a bell, means connected with the rockingbar whereby the bell may be sounded, a cash-drawer,a drawer-latch, meansconnected with the latch and the rocking bar whereby the latch may bereleased from the drawer, a treadle mounted near the tellers and adaptedto withdraw the same from view, and means connected with the drawer andthe treadle whereby the treadle may be operated.

9. A cash and credit account cabinet comprising a register-board,indicators cooperating with the board, gates controlling the indicatorsa base supporting the gates, gatelevers, key-levers connected with thegate-1e vers, keys for the key-levers, a cash-drawer, a drawer-latch,means connected with the gate-levers and also with the key-leverswhereby the latch may be released, tellers, means for operating thetellers, a bell, means for operating the bell, a shutter at the front ofthe register-board, and billing-leaves pivoted at the front of theshutter.

10. A cash and credit account cabinet com prising a register-boa'rd,indicators, means whereby the indicators may be operated, tel lers,separate operating mechanism for the tellers, key-levers for theindicators, keys connected with the key-levers, a shutter mounted at thefront of the register-board, billing-leaves pivoted at the front of theshutter, balance-springs for the shutter and the billing-leaves, andguard-plates attached to the shutter and the billing-leaves and havingthe index-letters thereon.

11. A cash-register comprising a case, areg= ister-board,ball-indicators, guides for the indicators, gates controlling theindicators, a base supporting the gates, an inclined trough extendingbelow the base, a drawer extending below the lower end of the troughtrans= versely thereof,pivoted levers connected with the gates,key-levers pivoted at the rear of the case, links connected to thepivoted le vers and also to the key-levers, a movable arm operativelyconnected with the gates and the pivoted levers, a cash-drawer, a latchregister-board, a cash-drawer having a pushfor the drawer, and meansoperativelycon ling the indicators, tellers having stems, arms havingfingers adapted to elevate the tellers,

frictional devices engaging the teller-stems and supporting the same intheir elevated positions, a treadle adapted to engage the teller-stemsand depress the tellers, means operatively connecting the arms With thekeylevers and the gates, and means whereby the treadle may be operated.n

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES YORGER.

WVitnesses:

TM. H. PAYNE, E. T. SILvINs.

